Dogiel cells, also known as cells of Dogiel,
refers to a type of
multipolar neuronal cells within the
prevertebral sympathetic ganglia
The sympathetic ganglia, or paravertebral ganglia are autonomic ganglia, of the sympathetic nervous system. Ganglia are 20,000 to 30,000 afferent and efferent nerve cell bodies that run along on either side of the spinal cord. Afferent nerve c ...
.
They are named after the Russian anatomist and physiologist
Alexandre Dogiel
Alexander Stanislavovich Dogiel (russian: Александр Станиславович Догель; 1852 in Panevėžys – 1922 in Saint Petersburg), was a Russian Empire histologist and neuroscientist. The cells of Dogiel, bipolar neurons of t ...
(1852–1922). Dogiel cells play a role in the
enteric nervous system
The enteric nervous system (ENS) or intrinsic nervous system is one of the main divisions of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and consists of a mesh-like system of neurons that governs the function of the gastrointestinal tract. It is capable of ...
.
Types
There are seven types of cells of Dogiel.
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{{Nervous tissue
Sympathetic nervous system
Enteric nervous system